Anime Editorials and Retrospectives

The most gratifying part of watching anime is when we encounter the show or movie that pulls us in new directions with its fresh perspectives and compelling stories. There’s a lot of anime to get through in any given year and this section serves to highlight what we thought the most notable anime that we’ve seen are.

Retrospectives: Looking Back on Anime by Year

2005: A Year in Review
2005 marked the year that’s been hailed as a renaissance for anime. There were a lot of titles that came out that were worth watching. Some, like Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid and Howl’s Moving Castle had a lot of hype going for them. Others were pretty fresh and captured the totality of life’s moments like Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad and Honey & Clover. Read on as the entire NHRV staff comments on many sensational surprises of that year.